Relationship between mutagenic potency in Salmonella typhimurium and chemical structure of amino- and nitro-substituted biphenyls.
Mutat Res
; 149(1): 9-15, 1985 Mar.
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ABSTRACT
All positional isomers of mononitro- and monoaminobiphenyls and those of dinitro-, diamino- and aminonitrobiphenyls, which have one substituent on each benzene ring, were assayed for mutagenicity in Salmonella typhimurium by the Ames method. The results suggest that the structural requirements favoring mutagenic activity are the presence of substituents at the 4-position and their absence at the 2'-position. The introduction of an amino group to the 3'- or 4'-position of 4-nitrobiphenyl or a nitro group to 3'- or 4'-position of 4-aminobiphenyl enhanced the mutagenicity. Among the mutagenic compounds, 4-nitro analogues were mutagenic in strains TA98 and TA100 in the absence of a microsomal metabolic activation system. Strain TA98NR was not reverted by the direct-acting mutagens, whereas strain TA98/1,8-DNP6 was as revertible as strain TA98; these results suggest that the direct-acting mutagenicity involves the reduction of the nitro group by bacterial nitroreductase but does not involve specific esterification enzymes.
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Salmonella typhimurium
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Compostos de Bifenilo
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Mutagênicos
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Mutat Res
Ano de publicação:
1985
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